Romulus #3 Review

Writer: Bryan Hill / Artist: Nelson Blake II / Image Comics The journey with Ashlar into the rabbit hole of conspiracies and secret societies gets even narrower. We know a lot about Romulus, but we’re now starting to see the layers peeled back on the Illuminati. We don’t know everything that the Illuminati is up to or what their agenda is, but we know they have a lot to offer to Ashlar (how come Jay-Z and Beyoncé weren’t present at the meet up?). Ashlar still needs to learn to control herself within a situation in order to gain the upper hand. We see the areas where Ashlar is still learning in order to become better. What really stands out, aside from the Illuminati sharpening the skills of Ashlar, is what happened to Nicholas over at Romulus’s headquarters. This is some real genius shit, right here. We get Nicholas being defiant to his captors and already knowing part of the deal that Romulus is involved with due to what Ashlar knows. The turn comes when his captor informs Nicholas he only knows a small piece of the puzzle. A view that’s, of course, not looking at the big picture. Lemme tell you something: once ol’ girl starts tellin’ Nicholas about himself having a brilliant mind but being brown and poor is enough to be held down by oppressors… I said, oh. Oh tell me more. I ain’t ever seen a villainous old white woman be convincing by being woke before. If I was Nicholas I woulda been like, I’m not saying yes to anything but… go on.

Nelson Blake II is so good on the a…